New Jersey's electoral votes in U.S. presidential elections 1789-2020
As of 2020, Grover Cleveland is the only U.S. president to have been born in New Jersey, although Woodrow Wilson declared New Jersey as his home state while in office, after moving there during his time at Princeton University.
Throughout the 19th century, New Jersey's allocation of electoral votes was between six and nine votes, however a surge in population growth saw this number rise to 17 by the 1960s. While the state is one of the most densely populated in the country, New Jersey's allocation of votes has gradually decreased in the past four decades, as its growth rate is relatively lower than other regions of the country.